There was tension between security personnel deployed at border and protesters after the formers stopped them from staging protest on the border. Hridayesh Tripathi, vice-chair of Tarai Madhes Democratic Party was in Sunauli to lead the protestors.Indian Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) personnel remained mute spectators while the deomstrators pelted stones at security personnel on the Nepali side, informed a policeman deployed at Belhiya.
Meanwhile, police arrested two protesters - Mohamad Hasan Sajad of Devdaha and Yogendra Chaudhary of Pokharbhindi, on the charge of attacking security personnel, informed DSP Rameshwar Karki at District Police Office, Rupandehi.
Agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) leaders and cadres have continued their blockade of the Nepal-India border checkpoints in different districts of the Tarai for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday.
The imports from India and other countries remain stuck in the eastern and western parts of Tarai including major checkpoints of Biratnagar-Jogbani, Gaur-Bairginiya, Jaleshwar-Bhittamod and Birgunj-Raxaul.
The six-day-long blockade by Madhesi front has causes acute shortage of supplies especially of petroleum products across the country.
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